Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things

Theodore Roosevelt

We can have no "50-50" allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.

Theodore Roosevelt

Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.

Theodore Roosevelt

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checked by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.

Theodore Roosevelt

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checked by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.

Theodore Roosevelt

The men and women who have the right ideals ... are those who have the courage to strive for the happiness which comes only with labor and effort and self-sacrifice, and those whose joy in life springs in part from power of work and sense of duty.

Theodore Roosevelt

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get alnog with people.

Theodore Roosevelt

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education he may steal the whole railroad.

Theodore Roosevelt

No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.

Theodore Roosevelt

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

Theodore Roosevelt

Have you got a problem? Do what you can where you are with what you've got.

Theodore Roosevelt

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground

Theodore Roosevelt

No man is above the law and no man below it.

Theodore Roosevelt

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.

Theodore Roosevelt

A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user